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La Guajira Cartel

Criminal organization

La Guajira Cartel (Spanish: Cartel de La Guajira) or Alianza Fronteriza refers to a criminal organization originating from Maicao that operates in the Guajira Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea, north of the border between Colombia and Venezuela.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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La Guajira Cartel (Spanish: Cartel de La Guajira) or Alianza Fronteriza refers to a criminal organization originating from Maicao that operates in the Guajira Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea, north of the border between Colombia and Venezuela. Its base territory is the city of Maracaibo and a large part of the state of Zulia in Venezuela, also covers La Guajira Department in Colombia; especially Maicao, and to the north of the Cesar Department, particularly, its capital Valledupar, thus matching the historical territory of the Wayuu indigenous ethnic group, to which some of its members belong.2

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